What I'm failing to udnerstand here is why people in Manchester are so miffed at having to pay for a hotel in their own town. So what? You're getting to a furcon, there'll be huge ass room parties, everyone in one area, masses of things to do day and night, what use is a day pass if it runs 24 hours?
Would you go to the pub a few meters from your house, have a few drinks and then decided that it would be better to get a hotel room than walk a few feet home?
At one EF there was something called a attendance only registration. which only let you attend con events and show, exculded was accomerdation and food which made for a bulk of the registration fee anyway. Oh and you could still stay at the consite all night, just not sleep there, so you could attend a room party if one happend.
It would be a much cheaper option if you lived near by the con as you would save upto 50 to 75% of the registration fee, but sadly thats not going to happen.
Anyway I am sure that the fursuit parade will be free to attend if its outside, as well as the olympics thing. Also I am sure that there might be some furs heading out to town during the con too.
Just keep an eye on this board about an events or vists being aranged before, during or after the con.
The main difference between staying at my local pub after a night out and staying at the YHA for ConFuzzled is the vibe you get at a convention. It's all about the atmosphere of the event. The fact that people will sit about until stupid o'clock in the morning chatting, drinking and generally socialising. If someone was on a day ticket option, there'd have to be a kick-out time at some point, meaning they
wouldn't get to sit around until stupid o'clock socialising.
For me, even missing eight hours a day (assuming a 1000h admittance, 0200h kick-out) is eight hours I could have been socialising (Sleep is for the weak! Caffeine works just as well
).
Anyway, this whole thing is a bit of a moot point. There isn't a day-pass option, so the whole debate about the pros and cons of one is a little pointless really.